European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page Navy Las to get better but no medals by Lisa Burgess stars and stripes responding to re quests from sailors doing nontraditional work in Afghanistan and the Navy has announced the first in a series of improvements to its individual aug Mentee program that officials say will continue through the among the changes announced wednes Day in a flee twide administrative message is an expansion of the areas considered Eli Gible for the the navys previous list included Afghanistan and the Horn of new on the list Are joint task Force 515 Pacific command and joint special task Force Philippines also Pacific command changes include shortened periods for a to be considered for War deployed naval forces from 365 Days to 270 officers and enlisted sailors who Are for another change in a benefits is a lifting of the ban on taking advancement exams in War deployed for at least 270 Days can pick which coast they serve on after completing their can be Given priority when selecting follow on duty assignments and reared Ward Sonny head of Navy person Nel command in told stars and stripes on another change in a benefits is a lifting of the ban on taking advancement exams in theater that was put in place by Michael chief of naval we spent a lot of time pulsing the sail ors on whether studying for and taking exams could safely be done in combat envy Masso most a sailors said they could get their testing but under some Circum stances it might not be Navy officials decided to write the rules to let let the com Manders in the Field Masso beginning with the september 2007 a Tiv duty and August 2007 inactive duty Navy Reserve exam commanders May let Las take their tests in Afghani Stan and the Horn of Africa if conditions the message another career Booster for Las is cutting the time it takes to earn two warzone advancement award Points from 179 Days to 90 advancement Points count toward one decision the message brings May not be so welcomed Navy officials have decided not to develop a special badge to recognize Las serving in the War on after talking to senior chiefs and Petty of officials concluded there Are enough medals to recognize the contribution sailors Are making to the War particularly the Iraq and Afghanistan Campaign medals and the global War on Ter ror expeditionary along with the air the Navy began sending its sailors out for ground duty in 2001 to help relieve Strain on the army and Marine the navys a sailors continue to work in a variety of capacities in combat the from the 500 who provide medical support to the marines in Iraq to the More than 320 sailors in Detainee operations at Guantanamo in More than sailors Are serving As individual aug enters around the including in Iraq and in Afghani Navy spokesman Mike Mclellan about 70 percent of the navys a personnel Are Masso Navy officials plan to release More changes to the program in the next month or Masso for More go to email Lisa Burgess at  decides not to release Gizmo tape the associated press san puerto Rico a taped confession by the self pro claimed Mastermind of the terrorist attacks has sparked an internal debate at the with some officials fear ing that its release could boost morale for his a military spokesman said for the has decided not to release the audiotape of Khalid sheikh Mohammed from a March hearing at Guantanamo Bay in which he claims involve ment in 31 terrorist Penta gon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters in you can imagine there certainly Are concerns about How an audio recording of that nature might be used by adversaries to embolden their Whit Man the so called combatant Sta Tus review tribunals for 14 High value detainees who were taken to Guantanamo last year have been held in reporters have been barred from attending but had been allowed to cover previous hearings for other Guantanamo the already has released a transcript of the but his allegations that he was tortured in Cia custody were censored by the the hearing was held to determine whether Mohammed is an enemy combatant who should continue to be held at the detention Center at the Navy base in Guantanamo Battle bystander Rahmat a wounded afghan Man is seen on the bed at the Hospital in East of on he was allegedly wounded when afghan and coalition forces clashed with Taliban militants wednesday in Eastern leaving six suspected insurgents dead and one the coalition prison Escapee lashes out at americas saudi allies by Katarina Kratovac the associated press Egypt an Al Aida militant who escaped from a prison in Afghanistan turned up in an online video posted wednes assailing the saudi Royal fam ily for its Alliance with the United the 45minute video of Abu Yahia who broke out of the Bagram air base prison North of Kabul in was monitored by the a govern ment contractor that watches for Al Aida according to its whose Nom de Guerre Means the libyan in gives a lengthy accusing saudi royals of seeking the White houses Praise and the video showed a Black tur bearded Alibi in a camouflage uniform and a map of the saudi arabian it was not possible to verify his Al Aida connections or to know How the video came to be the film appeared on a web site commonly used by islamic militants and carried the logo of a Laidas Media production the video the sixth this year by Alibi had an arabic and English saudi Arabia backs the infidels against because from american bases in the King planes take planes which carry tons of explosives to demolish the houses of the mus lims in Iraq and Alibi saudi Arabia had in 2003 launched a wide offensive against after attacks on for Eigners and others involved in the country Oil Industry by those seeking to topple the monarchy because of its ties to the in saudi police announced the arrests of 172 islamic militants from seven terror cells in a monthlong Roundup that was one of the biggest terror sweeps in the Accord ing to those arrested had planned elaborate attacks including with planes flown by Mili Tants trained As pilots in 11type of attacks on saudi Mil itary and Oil the tyrants of Al wanted to offer a Token which would show the earnestness of their Atti tude in combating what they Call and show that they Are still unwaveringly Loyal so they waged their violent attack on the Mujahideen in the arabian Alibi said of the Saud saudi Arabia also handed Over a number of Mujahideen to the and at the they saw them off with and slander and strutted and boasted about that in front of their american Alibi claimed neither saudi nor govern ments have confirmed such a save thousands of dollars under stateside prices  military sales privileged to serve you theres never been a better time to buy a new Volvo As we will help pay up to half of your finance or amazing interest rate buy for a limited time get your 2008 Volvo at 2007 prices Fly Down or 2008 2007 prices please Contact 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